Your full-color, friendly guide to getting started with HTML5 and CSS3! HTML and CSS are essential tools for creating dynamic websites and help make your websites even more effective and unique. This friendly-but-straightforward guide gets you started with the basics of the latest versions of HTML and CSS: HTML5 and CSS3. Introducing you to the syntax and structure of the languages, this helpful guide shows you how to create and view a web page, explains ideal usage of HTML5 and CSS3, walks you through the CSS3 rules and style sheets, addresses common mistakes and explains how to f

Table of Contents; Introduction; About this Book; Foolish Assumptions; Icons Used in This Book; Beyond the Book; Where to Go from Here; Part I: Getting Started with HTML and CSS on the Web; Chapter 1: An Overview of HTML and CSS on the Web; How and Where Web Pages Come to Life Online; Understanding HTML and Its Versions; Understanding the Role of CSS; Dissecting a Simple Markup Example; Chapter 2: Meeting the Structure and Components of HTML; Like Any Language: Syntax and Rules; Adding Attributes to Your HTML; Examining Entities in Markup; Organizing Web Pages

What's in a Table? LOTS of MarkupSetting Up a Table Border; The Table Head () and Its Elements; Managing Table Layouts; Making Good Table Bodies; Sitting at the Footer of the Table; Exploring and Explaining a Table; Chapter 7: Working with Forms in HTML; Exploring Types of Web Forms; Creating Forms; Processing Data; Designing User-Friendly Forms; Other Noteworthy Forms-Related Markup; Form Frameworks; Part III: Adding Links, Images, and Other Media; Chapter 8: Getting Hyper with Links in HTML; Basic Links 101; Customizing Links; Chapter 9: Working with Images in HTML

The Role of Images in a Web PageCreating Web-Friendly Images; Adding an Image to a Web Page; Images That Link; Chapter 10: Managing Media and More in HTML; The Battle of the Media Formats; Comparing Traditional and HTML5 Media Handling; Mastering HTML5 Media Markup; Working with Web Page Controls; Part IV: Adopting CSS Style; Chapter 11: Advantages of Style Sheets; Advantages of Style Sheets; Styling a Document with CSS; Putting CSS in Its Place; About the CSS3 Standard; Chapter 12: CSS Structure and Syntax; Exploring CSS Structure and Syntax; Understanding the Cascade

Your full-color, friendly guide to getting started with HTML5 and CSS3! HTML and CSS are essential tools for creating dynamic websites and help make your websites even more effective and unique. This friendly-but-straightforward guide gets you started with the basics of the latest versions of HTML and CSS: HTML5 and CSS3. Introducing you to the syntax and structure of the languages, this helpful guide shows you how to create and view a web page, explains ideal usage of HTML5 and CSS3, walks you through the CSS3 rules and style sheets, addresses common mistakes and explains how to f

Table of Contents; Introduction; About this Book; Foolish Assumptions; Icons Used in This Book; Beyond the Book; Where to Go from Here; Part I: Getting Started with HTML and CSS on the Web; Chapter 1: An Overview of HTML and CSS on the Web; How and Where Web Pages Come to Life Online; Understanding HTML and Its Versions; Understanding the Role of CSS; Dissecting a Simple Markup Example; Chapter 2: Meeting the Structure and Components of HTML; Like Any Language: Syntax and Rules; Adding Attributes to Your HTML; Examining Entities in Markup; Organizing Web Pages

What's in a Table? LOTS of MarkupSetting Up a Table Border; The Table Head () and Its Elements; Managing Table Layouts; Making Good Table Bodies; Sitting at the Footer of the Table; Exploring and Explaining a Table; Chapter 7: Working with Forms in HTML; Exploring Types of Web Forms; Creating Forms; Processing Data; Designing User-Friendly Forms; Other Noteworthy Forms-Related Markup; Form Frameworks; Part III: Adding Links, Images, and Other Media; Chapter 8: Getting Hyper with Links in HTML; Basic Links 101; Customizing Links; Chapter 9: Working with Images in HTML

The Role of Images in a Web PageCreating Web-Friendly Images; Adding an Image to a Web Page; Images That Link; Chapter 10: Managing Media and More in HTML; The Battle of the Media Formats; Comparing Traditional and HTML5 Media Handling; Mastering HTML5 Media Markup; Working with Web Page Controls; Part IV: Adopting CSS Style; Chapter 11: Advantages of Style Sheets; Advantages of Style Sheets; Styling a Document with CSS; Putting CSS in Its Place; About the CSS3 Standard; Chapter 12: CSS Structure and Syntax; Exploring CSS Structure and Syntax; Understanding the Cascade